The Department of Education wants state leaders to define what makes a school "persistently dangerous," enforcing a law that has long been underused by schools and their families to expand school choice options for parents.
New York, the largest state to pass a ban, is providing $13.5 million in funding for cellphone storage and require districts to ensure parents can contact their children during the school day.
California lawmakers reached a deal to fund phonics-based reading instruction without requiring it, marking progress in a long-running debate. The compromise comes amid persistently low statewide literacy scores.
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Gaston County Schools officials released the first round of principal appointments and transfers ahead of the 2025-26 school year. So far, four principal transfers and one principal appointment have been announced.
The conservative majority of the Supreme Court appears inclined to mandate that public school districts permit parents to exempt their children from certain classes when the content conflicts with the parents' religious beliefs.
The funding crisis stems largely from the end of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds, which pumped billions of federal dollars into school districts during the Covid pandemic. As of September 2024, those funds have dried up.
